BY E. MEYRICK, B.A. 343 



130. Loch, desmophora, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. fuscis, albido nigroque conspersis, macula costae 

 parva, punctis disci duobus anticis, fascia nebulosa punctum 

 albidum inclndente, lineaque postica transversa obscura nigrescen* 

 tibus ; post, saturate griseis. 



$ . 12-15 mm. Head and thorax whitish-grey, mixed with dark 

 fuscous. Palpi dark fuscous, mixed with whitish-grey, apex of 

 second joint whitish. Antennas dark fuscous. Abdomen light 

 grey. Legs dark fuscous, apex of all joints, central band of middle 

 tibiae, and hairs of posterior tibiae ochreous-white. Forewings 

 elongate, costa slightly arched, somewhat bent near base, apex 

 round -pointed, hindmargin very obliquely rounded ; fuscous, 

 densely irrorated with ochreous-whitish and with scattered black 

 scales ; base of costa and inner-margin blackish-fuscous ; a small 

 blackish-fuscous spot on costa before ^, a blackish dot in disc 

 before middle, and another obliquely before it on fold, all three 

 sometimes confluent ; a triangular blackish-fuscous spot on costa 

 somewhat beyond middle, connected with inner margin before anal 

 angle by a cloudy dark fuscous shade, containing a white or whitish 

 dot in disc, margined above by a blackish dot ; a cloudy blackish- 

 fuscous transverse line from costa a little before apex to anal angle, 

 dilated on costa and sharply indented beneath it, often obscure ; 

 cilia fuscous-grey mixed with ochreous-whitish, tips ochreous- 

 whitish. Hind wings dark fuscous-grey ; cilia light fuscous-grey, 

 tips pale. 



Closely allied to the preceding, but differing in the fuscous 

 colouring, more suffused markings, the transverse darker shade 

 beyond middle and included whitish dot, and darker hindwings. 



Mount Wellington, Tasmania, at about 1000 feet; seven 

 specimens. 



131. Loch, ancyrota, n. sp. 



Minor, alis ant. purpureo-griseis, nigro-conspersis, puncto dorsi 

 antico, altero costae postico, fascia antica oblique inter rupta, 

 strigaque dorsi postica deflexa albido-flavis ; post, saturate griseis. 



<? $ . 11-14 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous, slightly mixed 

 with whitish, face white. Palpi whitish-yellow, terminal joint 



